Saturday, May 24, 2025

This Is Why Mxit Died

The latest numbers show that Mxit is quickly and perhaps irreversibly going down the tubes. So what has caused this rapid descent then?

Tech Report: Will Mxit Succeed In India? [VIDEO]

No doubt you’ll know by now that South African messaging platform, Mxit has expanded operations to India, where it hopes to tap in to a feature phone market of half a billion users. But with WhatsApp and WeChat angling aggressively for the same slice of pie, how much hope does our homegrown company have? Check it out.

WeChat Passes The 70 Million User Mark, Gets Lio Messi On Board [VIDEO]

Tencent social chat messaging giant is continuing to poke WhatsApp with a pointed stick by eating its marketing share. Sporting a massive userbase in China, WeChat is going after WhatsApp hard with a cleverly-timed global marketing assault. And in terms of bang for their buck, Lio Messi is probably the best celebrity endorsement they could […]

WeChat – The App That Will Eat Whatsapp’s Lunch

The newest kid on the personal communication app scene is WeChat. Having burst on to the global market after a lengthy incubation in China, the Tencent-owned startup is proving to be one of China’s most promising players on the tech scene, and it is threatening to take Whatsapp’s lunch money.